Player Dossier

2018-2022

Georgia Tech

Ayinde Eley

LB • 6'3" • 233 lbs • Silver Spring, MD, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Ayinde Eley shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 57.4 disruption score.

Usage / Role

28%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

58

Solid production for a linebacker

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Reliability

54

Useful contributor with volatile peaks

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Star Power

54

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Georgia Tech

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Maryland • Georgia Tech
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Pittsburgh

Player Story

Ayinde Eley built his college career from 2018 through 2022 as a linebacker from Silver Spring, MD wearing No. 2, spending time with Georgia Tech and Maryland. The clearest part of Ayinde Eley's career was his...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2017 · Rating 0.8836

Our Lady of Good Counsel · Olney, MD

Committed To
Maryland
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2017

Ayinde Eley, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Georgia Tech. Ayinde Eley shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 57.4 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
317
TFL
17.5
Sacks
4.5
QB hurries
8
Passes defended
8

Quick Answers

Ayinde Eley quick answers

Latest team and position
Georgia Tech · LB
Career Tackles
317
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 45 games
Best season
2022 Regular Season · Georgia Tech
Top game
Pittsburgh
Recruit profile
3-star · Our Lady of Good Counsel · Maryland
High school pipeline
Our Lady of Good Counsel · 51 FBS recruits · 4 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 2 · Senior
2022 Tackles rank
118 tackles · LB 11th (top 1%) · ACC 2nd (top 1%) · National 11th (top 1%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2018 Regular SeasonMaryland813-0-1011.8
2019 Regular SeasonMaryland117940.513045.6
2020 Regular SeasonMaryland31910--024.3
2021 Regular SeasonGeorgia Tech11882.50.531040.4
2022 Regular SeasonGeorgia Tech12118103.543076

Related Context

Ayinde Eley played LB for Maryland and Georgia Tech. Across 5 tracked seasons, Ayinde Eley recorded 317 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Georgia Tech.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season

Georgia Tech paired 20.5 primary output with 57.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

2020 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 29.7 efficiency.

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Career value is trending up

2022 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Maryland, Georgia Tech.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Northwestern

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2020 Regular Season · Maryland

Games

3

Havoc Plays / G

0.3

Efficiency

29.7

Usage

6.2

Consistency

11.1

Best Game by takeover score

Northwestern

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Northwestern: 1. Minnesota: 0. Penn State: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Northwestern: 8 by 43.3. Minnesota: 7 by 29.2. Penn State: 4 by 16.7

Split Comparison

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Wins0 · Games = 2 · -1 vs Losses
Losses1 · Games = 1 · +1 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

3 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Northwestern

Best efficiency game

43.3 vs Northwestern

Result
Sat 11/7@ Penn StateW 35-1941000
Fri 10/30vs MinnesotaW 45-4472000
Sat 10/24@ NorthwesternL 3-4384100

Player Story

Ayinde Eley story

Ayinde Eley built his college career from 2018 through 2022 as a linebacker from Silver Spring, MD wearing No. 2, spending time with Georgia Tech and Maryland. The clearest part of Ayinde Eley's career was his defensive production: 317 tackles, 17.5 tackles for loss, 4.5 sacks, and 2 interceptions across 45 career games in the available record. That gives Ayinde Eley's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Maryland

    2018-2020

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Georgia Tech

    2021-2022

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

20182019202020212022
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2018 Regular SeasonMaryland210.52.3
2019 Regular SeasonMaryland9.538.67.67.5
2020 Regular SeasonMaryland129.76.2-8.5
2021 Regular SeasonGeorgia Tech737.89.36
2022 Regular SeasonGeorgia Tech20.557.412.713.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Pittsburgh

Week 5 · W 26-21 · Conference game

Win with 4.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4.5

Havoc Plays

98.3 takeover

4.5 disruption/tackle impact with 98.3 takeover score.

#2

@ Rutgers

Week 6 · W 48-7 · Conference game

4

Havoc Plays

96.7 takeover

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 96.7 takeover score.

#3

@ Duke

Week 6 · W 31-27 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

93.3 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 93.3 takeover score.

#4

vs Ole Miss

Week 3 · L 0-42

4

Havoc Plays

93 takeover

Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 93 takeover score.

#5

@ UCF

Week 4 · L 10-27

3

Havoc Plays

79.5 takeover

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 79.5 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2022 Regular Season · Georgia Tech

20.5 primary output · 57.4 efficiency · 12.7 usage

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#2

2019 Regular Season · Maryland

45.6

9.5 primary · 38.6 efficiency · 7.6 usage

#3

2021 Regular Season · Georgia Tech

40.4

7 primary · 37.8 efficiency · 9.3 usage

Milestones

14

Impact games

10

Splash games

13

10+ tackle games